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W. H. CLARK CASH REGISTER.

No; 496,341. Patented Apr. 25, l893.

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CASH REGISTER. No. 496,341. Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

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WILLIAM H. CLARK, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ERIE CASHREGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,341, dated April25, 1893. Application led April 9, 1892. Renewed March 16,1893. SerialNo.466.352. (No model.)

To all whom it Incty concern-.-

le it known that I, WILLIAM H. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing in Erie, 1n the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvanla, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers; and I dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as w1ll enable others skilled in the art to which1t appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying draw- Ings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,forming a part of this specification. u My Invention consists in theimprovements 1n cash registers, hereinafter set forth and eX- plained,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

FIgure l. is a perspective view of my improved cash register. Fig. 2. isa front view 1n elevation of the same with the case removed therefrom.Fig. 3. is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line x inFig. 2, looklng in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4. Isa front view inelevation of a section of one side of the same. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 aredetall views of parts of the same.

In the construction of my improved cash reglster shown in the drawings,A is the upright portion of the case inclosing the mechanism of mymachine and A the base inclos- Ing the cash drawer. To the ends B and Bof the upright portion of the case A, I secure longitudinal bars Cand Cwhich form part of the frame and serve as supports for the verticallymoving register and tablet carriers D, hereinafter described. Theseregister and tablet carriers D are preferably constructed of a lowersemi-circular section E, and an upper semi-circular section E securedtogether by means of a central rod F which passes through and movesvertically in holes in the longitudinal bars C and C. tions E,I securestandards G to which indicator tablets G are secured, and to the lowerSection E are secured arms H preferably one on each side thereof whichproject outward through openings in the front and rear of the case, andare provided with operating knobs or buttons H; these arms H being alsoso secured to the sections E that each alternate arm H is above the oneon the section preced- In the upper secing it, so that they projectthrough the sides of the case in two horizontal rows, thus affordingample room for the operating knobs or buttons thereon. One side of eachof the lower sections E is also provided with a vertical eXtension I inone side of which is a notch I, as and for the purpose hereinafter setforth, and from the upper end of the eX- tension I is an arm J whichextends inwardly and is preferably secured to the vertical rod F, and onone side of the arm .I is a projection stop J as and for the purposehereinafter set forth. And secured around the frames formed by thesections E and E are register bands K (preferably of metal) providedwith serrated teeth K on one edge thereof, and also on the outside facethereof with figures indicating amounts to be registered, said bandsbeing also adapted to be moved around thereon.

On the top of the supporting bar C', are mounted horizontally movingspring dogs ct adapted to enter the notches l in the portions I of theregister and tablet carriers D when they are raised, and engage with theteeth K on the register bands K and move them forward one notch, so asto register the desired amount. This is done by having on each registerband opposite each of the notches or teeth K therein characters orfigures indieating certain amounts as may be desired, for example in themachine shown in the drawings, the first igure is five cents the nextten cents and so on until the band is filled with numbers eachincreasing five cents in amount until every notch in the band isprovided with a number. The next register band is supplied with numbersat intervals of tens, the next at intervals of iifteens, dac.

At the rear of the connecting rods F of the register and tablet carriersD, and mounted in the bearings L and L on the sides B and B of the frameis a rock shaft M provided with arms h one foreach of the register andcarriers D, the lower ends m of said arms h operating as soon as any oneof the register and tablet carriers D is started to be raised, to engagewith the upper sides of the stops J on all of the remaining register andtablet carriers D and lock there in their normal position until the onebeing raised has made its ICO full upward traverse and been returned'toits normal position, and when such register and tablet carrier is raisedto its full height, the upper side mof said arm l engages with the underside of the stop J thereon and retains it locked in such raised positionuntil released, as hereinafter described. On the sides B B of the caseare pivoted the curved spring actuated ratchet arms Nand N (Figs. 7 andS) and near the ends of the rock shaft M, there are secured thereto armsO O, preferably coupled together by means of a longitudinal rod S whichwhen the register and tablet carriers D are down at the lowest pointrests on the tops of all of the armsJ thereon, but when any one of theregister and tablet carriers D is raised it carries the rod S upwardtherewith and rocks the shaft M so as to bringtheendsmofthearmsll/Ithereon over the lugs J on all of the remainingarms J completely locking them as hereinbefore described. The arms O Ohave pivotal spring travel along the side of the ratchet arm N from thecommencement of its upward movement until it passes into the enlargedslot D above the ratchet teeth thereon and is ready again to movedownward over the teeth thereon, while the dog P being adapted to engagewith theratchet armN only when traveling upward over the teeth thereon,if any attempt is made to reverse the movement thereof before its fulltraverse upward is made, and when the full traverse upward is made thedog P passes into the inclined notch 0 in the upper portion of theratchet arm N and is thereby moved to oneside of the ratchet armN downalong which it passes on its return movement, these dogs P P operatingon the ratchet arms N N so as to compel the moving of the register andtablet carriers their full traverse upward when once started, and alsolikewise the full traverse downward before another register and tabletcarrier can be moved.

For the purpose of retaining the register and tablet carriers in araised position, I secure to the rock shaft M an arm Q at one side ofthe machine which is provided with a not-ch Q adapted to engage` whenany one or more of the register and tablet carriersDare raised to theiruppermost point of traverse, with the upper end of an arm R on atransverse lever R pivoted to the lower portion of the side frame B',this lever R I preferably couple to a like transverse lever S pivoted inlike position to the side frame B by means of longitudinal rods T and Textending across the front and rear of the upright portion of themachine, so that the operator by pressing downward on the rod T or byraising up on the rod T can release the register and tablet carriers D,so that they will return by gravity to their normal positions. The upperend of the arm R also when moved back out of the notch Q engages witharm U of a bell hammer U so as to strike an alarm on a bell V.

Pivoted on a stud V on the side frame B is a bell crank lever W W, thearm W of which engages with a notch c in the edge of the drawer Y, whilethe other arm IV extends upward where a spring actuated catch dthereonengages with the end d of the rod S as it is being raised by the raisingof one or more of the register and tablet carriers D which operates tolift the end of the arm W out of the notch c in the drawer, and allowsthe spring e at the back of the drawerY to throw it outward, whenhowever the rod S moves downward toits normal position the spring catchd allows it to pass without disturbing the position of the bell cranklever W IV.

In setting the registering mechanism at zero, the knobs f on all of theregister hands K are moved up to the .register reading line, (indicatedby dotted line in Fig. 2,) as shown in the fourth, fifth, and &c.,of theregister and tablet carriers D, the operator then raises the operatingknob or button indicating the amount to be registered, which operationraises the indicator tablet G indicating the amount to be registered,and at the same time moves the indicator band K on the indicator andtablet carrier attached to said operating knob forward one notch, thusregistering the amount desired, and at the same time the end of the rodS engages with the spring catch on the arm W of the bell crank lever W Wand releases the drawerY which is then forced open by the spring e. Whenit is desired to operate the machine again to register and indicateanother amount the operator depresses the rod T and thereby releases theregister and tablet carrier previously operated, and it instantlyreturns to its normal position by gravity, when the machineis again incondition to be operated. It will be observed from the constructionhereinbefore described that the machine may be operated with equalfacility from either side, and it `will also be observed that two ormore of the `register and tablet carriers D may be simultaneously raisedand operated at the same time.

Having thus fully described my invention, so as to enable others toconstruct and operate the same, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination in a cash-register, of non-rotating register bandsupports, wi th register bands, marked with the numbers to beregistered, mounted on said register band supports, and operating-armsand spring actuated dogs on the frame adapted to engage with saidregister bands and move them on said register band supports,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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2. The combination in a cash register', of movable register and tabletcarriers, and indicating tablets supported thereon, with register bandsmarked with the numbers to be registered, and mounted on said registerand tablet carriers and adapted to be moved thereon, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination in a cash register, of register and tablet carriers,movably mounted on supports therefor, operating arms for moving saidregister and tablet carriers, tablets secured to and moving with saidregister and tablet carriers, and register bands having teeth on oneedge thereof movably mounted thereon, with dogs adapted to engage theteeth on the register bands and move them forward, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The combination in-a cash register, of register and tablet carriersadapted to be moved independently of each other, and fixed indicatortablets, and movable register bands thereon, with a rock shaft having alooking arm for each register and tablet carrier adapted to be engagedby any one of said register and tablet carriers when moved, so as tolock all of, the other register and tablet carriers in their' normalpositions, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

5. The combination in a cash register, of movable register and tabletcarriers, movable register bands having teeth on one edge thereof, andstops on the register and tablet carriers, with spring dogs adapted toengage with one of the teeth in the register bands, when the registerband and tablet carrier is moved in one direction, and arock shafthaving arms thereon adapted to engage with the stops on the register andtablet carriers, so that the moving of one of said register and tabletcarriers will rotate said rock shaft so as to lock all of the otherregister and tablet carriers, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

6. The combination in a cash register, of movable register and tabletcarriers, movable register bands mounted on said register and tabletcarriers, and dogs for engaging teeth on said register bands, with arock shaft having arms thereon and adapted to be moved so as to engagewith said register and tablet carriers, arms adapted to engage withratchet bars at the sides ofthe machine, and an arm adapted to beengaged so as to retain said register and tablet carriers in a raisedposition, and a lever adapted to retain the catch engaging said arm,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination in a cash register, of register and tablet carriers,movable register bands thereon, locking mechanism adapted to loc'k allof the other carriers when one is moved, with a lever adapted to engageand retain the cash drawer in a closed position, and a rock shaftadapted to engage and raise said lever out of engagement with the draweron the raising of any one of the register and tablet carriers,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination in a cash register, of register and tablet carriers,as E E', register bands, as K, movably mounted thereon, and stops as Jon said register and tablet carriers,with a rock shaft, as M having armsh' and arms O O thereon, a rod, as S connecting said arms O O and pawlson said arms O O adapted to engage with ratchet bars N N substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination in a cash register, of a rock shaft, as M havingarms, as M thereon adapted to engage with stops on the register andtablet carriers, with arms, as O O at the sides of the machine andconnected by a rod S adapted to be engaged by the register and tabletcarriers, and ratchet bars, as N N adapted to engage spring dogs on thearms O O', and an arm,as Q on said rock shaft M adapted to engage athrow olf lever as R R', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Iafix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM Il. CLARK.

Witnesses:

WM. P. HAYES, EDWARD TUoBY.

